1995 E320 intermittent starting problems
06-03-2017, 04:21 AM
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1995 E320 intermittent starting problems
E320 has been having starting issues for the past two months or so off and on seemed to be happening only after driving in heavy rain the day before but now does not matter, happens usually once every other day or so but would eventually start. What seemed to help to start would turning the key to the on position then off, on, then off, on then wait till buzzer stops and it would fire up.
It really tries to start will bounce up to 4 or 5 thousand rpms sometimes but wont actually start.
abs light would come on while starting but tonight it stopped coming on and would not start, kept trying till battery starting getting low jumped it and tried some more to no avail.
OVP
NSS
Fuel pump relay?
Any questions, help, or more troubleshooting tips are greatly appreciated thank you.
It really tries to start will bounce up to 4 or 5 thousand rpms sometimes but wont actually start.
abs light would come on while starting but tonight it stopped coming on and would not start, kept trying till battery starting getting low jumped it and tried some more to no avail.
OVP
NSS
Fuel pump relay?
Any questions, help, or more troubleshooting tips are greatly appreciated thank you.
Last edited by Hitaka; 06-03-2017 at 04:27 AM.
06-19-2017, 07:06 AM
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Fixed this with replacing the OVP relay, just wanted to add that when the car failed to start the abs light would not come on with the rest of the lights while starting, the first time I tried starting after replacing the OVP the ABS light came on with the rest and it fired right up and has since.
